TRIVIA BITS 21 APRIL

 

• The smallest trees in the world are Greenland dwarf willows.
• The song "Happy Birthday to You" was originally written by sisters Mildred and Patty Hill as "Good Morning to You." The words were changed and it was published in 1935.
• The song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was written by George Graff, who was German, and was never in Ireland in his life.
• The sound energy in a pin drop it one quadrillionth of a watt, and moves the ear drum less than the diameter of a hydrogen molecule.
• The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.
• The southern most tip of Africa is not the 'Cape of Good Hope' but 'Cape Agulhas'.
• The south-western tip of the Isle of Man is called 'The Calf of Man'.
• The space between two adjacent neurones is called the 'synapse'.
• The Spanish Inquisition once condemned the entire Netherlands to death for heresy.
• The State flag of Alaska was designed by a 13 year old boy.